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The game is slowed down immensely and they use save-states in case they mess up. It basically gives them superhuman reflexes. Some people say TAS videos are stupid and shitty because "it requires no skill" but it's time-consuming and the end result is usually entertaining.

Some of them are a "perfect run" sort of deal where they go for the fastest time possible and do stupid shit while doing it, but the best videos are the ones that abuse glitches like crazy.

As stated on the TAS videos website:
"Here at TASVideos, we strive to push games to their limits. The emulators we use allow for undoing mistakes, slow-motion gameplay, and even in some cases utilizing robots to do our bidding.

Using these tools, we overcome human limitations to complete games with extremely high precision, entertaining our viewers as our players tear through games at seemingly impossible speeds. The end result of this process is simply a series of key-presses which may be performed on the original hardware."

"Nervous" Nick Cramer is the producer man of the Clip of the Week, frequent voice guy on Top 10s and Video Game Vaults, and all-around master of the video arts. A Christian, an aspiring filmmaker, and an "old-school gamer who missed out," he has an affinity for the classics, but is still discovering some he never played as a young'un.